Misionis Bay
| Misionis Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Pickwick Island , Pitt Islands in the Biscoe Islands archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 28 ′ 25 ″ S , 65 ° 34 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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| width | 1.6 km | |
| depth | 2.35 km | |
The Misionis Bay (English; Bulgarian залив Мисионис saliw Missionis ) is a 1.6 km wide and 2.35 km long bay on the northeast coast of Pickwick Island in the Pitt Islands group in the Biscoe Islands archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is east of Kusev Point and west of Plakuder Point .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the medieval city of Misionis near Targovishte in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Misionis Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)